Tarique Rahman and senior party leaders observe a one-minute silence in memory of the martyred freedom fighters at the National Memorial in Savar last night. Photo: BNP Media Cell, Amran Hossain

Earlier in the afternoon, BNP leaders and activists joined their hands in prayer for late party founder Ziaur Rahman by the lake outside his mausoleum at Zia Udyan in the capital. Photo: BNP Media Cell, Amran Hossain

Tarique signs the visitors’ book. Photo: BNP Media Cell, Amran Hossain